nohup

SafeKeep running after logout

nohup <command> &

Ignores hangup so the job survives SSH disconnects. Output goes to nohup.out.

Examples

nohup ./migrate.sh > migrate.log 2>&1 &Background with own log

Syntax

nohup <cmd> [&]

Before you run it

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